Eurobubba

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:56:00 -0500

So, any tech support chatbot programmers on here? Make a note: the bot telling me it “understands my frustration” doesn’t help. On the contrary.

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:28:48 -0500

I don’t mean to startle anyone, but in barely over a month it will be October.

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:41:58 -0500

None of the lifelong experts in the field are doing this simple thing I just thought of. It must be because I am brilliant and they are stupid.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:00:01 -0500

The English-speaking world is sometimes called the anglosphere. For French it’s la francophonie. Is there an analogous expression for Spanish?

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:03:59 -0500

In the rush to block / mute / filter out slop, let’s not inadvertently cancel people who aren’t native English speakers and are using AI translation to help communicate with you or the world at large.

daringfireball.net/linked/20…

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:39:26 -0500

Apple should merge the new improved Golden Gate Siri with Terminal. Siri should be smart enough to distinguish among chat prompts, searches, and CLI commands, or ask the user if there’s an ambiguity.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:15:05 -0500

Vive la France!

www.lemonde.fr/en/france…

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:37:03 -0500

Accidentally discovered a pretty great local singer this evening at a place I wasn’t even expecting to be a music venue.

music.apple.com/us/album/…

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:52:17 -0500

Inchoate thought: the way I’ve been using Claude Cowork with various MCPs makes me wonder how much longer “applications” as we know them will remain a useful concept. We still need visual representations of our data, but LLM harnesses will keep getting better at generating those on the fly.

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:44:38 -0500

We don’t have a social media age verification requirement in Texas, do we? Bluesky being weird.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:07:45 -0500

Mary Heimann’s Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed is like the Fox News version of history and the Czechs are the Democrats.

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:40:43 -0500

Inside the Gulliver

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:39:53 -0500

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:39:00 -0500

Rawr!

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:57:53 -0500

Steve Jobs might have been the boss from hell, but “If you can’t get this together, you will not have descendants” is a great line.

geoffreycain.net/steve-job…

Sat, 23 May 2026 11:54:52 -0500

Neighbor

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:24:43 -0500

P. Terry’s should have a mascot. Pterry the Pterodactyl.

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:39:15 -0500

David says the Roadrunner movie will be released after all. Beep beep!

www.macsparky.com/blog/2026…

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:19:59 -0500

I just found out an old friend in Czecho died of cancer last week. I didn’t even know he was ill. I didn’t see him when I was over there last month because he lived outside of Prague and I thought I’d have more time in June.

Sun, 10 May 2026 13:01:49 -0500

This is too bad if they’re really closed for good. Sotol is a pretty interesting drink.

www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne…

Tue, 05 May 2026 13:22:15 -0500

Happy day.

Sun, 03 May 2026 09:34:31 -0500

Interesting tidbit from Built to Last: Marlboro was originally a “little-known women’s cigarette”.

Sat, 02 May 2026 08:06:09 -0500

It’s not enough for a company to have big, audacious goals. The goals must be hairy!

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:34:28 -0500

Elevator doors should stay open when the elevator’s not in use. Just my opinion.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:10:54 -0500

My people vindicated yet again. news.kagi.com/s/q2r7kp